Reb Shaul Brod

The earliest known ancestor of the family is thought to be Sha’ul, rabbi of Bumsla (Mladá Boleslav, near Prague), who was a grandson of Yehudah Leib ben Betsal’el (Maharal). Sha’ul’s son, Avraham Broda (ca. 1650–1717), was the author of Eshel Avraham. Avraham’s son, Mosheh (1674–1741), served as rabbi in Hanau and Bamberg and wrote Ohel Mosheh, a supplement to and explanation of his father’s text. Mosheh’s son, Sha’ul, completed the task of publishing these two works together.

There is absolutely no evidence that Sha'ul Broda was ever Rabbi of Bumsla, or of anywhere else for that matter. It is true that he is buried in Bumsla. Perhaps he died whilst visiting his son there. J.P.

ou Saul Brod

1913-1996- Eger Family Association- pg. 3

http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Broda_Family

Majer Bałaban, “Le-Shalshelet ha-yiḥus shel ha-Rav D”r Mordekhai Ze’ev Broda,” in Sefer yovel le-Mordekhai Ze’ev Broda, pp. 5–46 (Warsaw, 1930), includes genealogical chart of the family; Nathan Michael Gelber, Toldot ha-tenu‘ah ha-tsiyonit be-Galitsyah, 1875–1918 (Jerusalem, [1958]); Josef Horovitz, “Broda,” in Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 4, cols. 1388–1390 (Jerusalem, 1971); Yehoshua Horowitz, “Broda, Abraham ben Saul,” in Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 4, col. 1390 (Jerusalem, 1971); Getzel Kressel, “Braude, Markus,” in Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 4, cols. 1314–1315 (Jerusalem, 1971); Me’ir Vunder, “R. Aryeh Leb . . . Broda’,” in Me’ore Galitsyah: Entsiklopedyah le-ḥakhme Galitsyah, vol. 1, cols. 551–556 (Jerusalem, 1978).